Neglect Of Women Research Articles

Voting Rights of Indigenous Papuan Women in a Patriarchal Culture: A Study of Gender Equality among Indigenous Papuan Women in Yoboi Village, Sentani District, Jayapura Regency, Papua From the Perspective of Jurgen Habermas

Gender equality has become a significant issue and a focal point at both the national and international levels. The government has implemented various measures as a commitment to minimizing gender disparities. Women, being a vital part of human resources, must optimize their abilities, intelligence, and their role as mothers. Therefore, the issue of gender equality must be intertwined in the development process. Consequently, increasing women’s responsibilities has a positive impact on economic growth in Indonesia. The Gender Empowerment Index (IPG) reveals a substantial gap between provinces in Indonesia, especially in the eastern regions. The cultural system in Papua, which adheres to a patriarchal system, results in the confinement and neglect of women’s voting rights. This research adopts a critical or transformative paradigm processed from the intersection of criticism regarding assumptions made by previous researchers. A critical perspective typically utilizes information gaps for analysis, followed by reconstructing a new narrative without gaps. This allows for the development of a new, feasible concept, enabling researchers to design a new approach. This qualitative study aims to describe and explain the suppression of voting rights experienced by indigenous Papuan women in Yoboi Village, Sentani District, Jayapura Regency, Papua. The results indicate that Papuan women face numerous obstacles in exercising their voting rights in education, economy, culture, and religion. However, there are several ways to address these challenges, such as creating a discussion forum to explore the potential of Papuan women and providing opportunities for them to contribute their opinions. Additionally, the roles of tribal chiefs and customary leaders are crucial in providing space for Papuan women to actively participate in the development of their villages. Keywords: patriarchal culture, indigenous Papuan women

Assessment of Decentralized Decision-Making on Livestock Management in Miombo Woodlands of Tanga and Morogoro regions, Tanzania: Bridging Acts and Practice

Despite legal reforms such as the Local Government (District Authorities) Act of 1982 and the Forest Act of 2002, which decentralize forest management in Tanzania’s villages, the persistent degradation of Miombo woodland forests, primarily due to livestock activities, raises concerns about the effectiveness of these reforms. This study compares the provisions of these acts with on-ground realities through data from 27 Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and 45 Key Informant Interviews (KIIs). Thematic analysis using NVIVO 12 software identified four key discrepancies: decision-making structures, decision-making processes, gender involvement, and village collaboration. Findings show that villagers often unknowingly delegate legislative power to leaders, decision-making is politicized with minimal stakeholder engagement, gender inclusivity is minimal, and villages manage forests independently rather than collaboratively. These gaps have led to biased decisions, conflicts among user groups, forest encroachment, and the neglect of women's needs, exacerbating forest degradation. To address these issues, the study recommends capacity building through leadership and technical training for village councils, community education on legal rights, and improved transparency via public forums and accessible reporting. These initiatives aim to empower local communities and foster sustainable management of Miombo woodland forests

Gender gap and gender data gap in futures research: Focusing on the studies employing the Delphi technique

The gender gap in futures research, rooted in male dominance, results in limited visibility of female futurists and neglect of women's issues. This study focuses on the gender data gap as an indicator of the existing gender gap in futures research and analyze the literature employing the Delphi technique—a widely employed research method in this field. When societal gender gaps influence data collection and utilization, a gender data gap arises, leading to underrepresentation of women's perspectives and experiences. The Delphi method, operates on the principle of expertise, may inadvertently exclude women experts whose expertise tends to be underrecognized. Our analysis, based on Temin and Roca (2016)’s definition of gender data, shows the gender data gap in the futures research literature. The gender gap in futures research, demonstrated by gender data gap, not only colonizes women's futures, but also impedes the potential for planning, social decision-making, and policies aimed at fostering a gender-equitable future. Futures research holds the potential to serve as a tool for decolonization. To achieve a future free of gender disparities, it’s imperative to address issues directly relevant to women but also crucial for humanity as the main challenges of futures research and ensure women’s participation.

Cultural Dynamics of Patriarchy and the Feminist Movement: Women's Perspectives in Riau Malay Cultural Order

The purpose of this study is to find out the Cultural Dynamics of Patriarchy and Feminist Movement. Women's Perspectives in Riau Malay Cultural Order. In society, women still do not have their rightful place and are often treated discriminatively because of gender differences. Patriarchal culture is still an issue among the Riau Malay community, because it places men in a higher position than women. This study used a literature review analysis method from various references in accordance with the research. Apart from the inequality of treatment, the level of violence and neglect of women's basic rights which eventually prompted to further explore the social values and morals contained in the cultural customs of the Riau Malay community that influenced the determination of social roles based on gender including gender images that were allegedly masculine and detrimental to women. Basically, Riau Malay culture carries a Matriarchy culture that highly values the role of women as the main dominance, but over time the concept of matriarchy is increasingly abandoned and dominated by the concept of patriarchy. This is based on strong dominating patriarchal categories such as temperament, sex role, and status. This cultural view and normative rules that then carry and normalize all forms of violence and corner women is one proof that patriarchy perpetuation is still very thick and prevails among the Riau Malay community

A SEGE-Based Investigation on Women-Friendly Practices of Municipaties

Cities, which have the characteristic of being a social space, have turned into main centers where inequalities arising from gender roles are experienced over time. However, all individuals living in cities should use public space equally, benefit from the tools of democracy, and behave equally in terms of participation and representation. In most civilized countries where women and men have equal conditions in urban life within the framework of acquired legal rights, these are guaranteed by law. However, the rules determined in this legal framework and the application area do not progress in parallel. Especially in municipalities that provide urban services, it has been a frequently discussed topic that has been criticized from various perspectives, such as the neglect of women’s services, the limited representation of women, and the fact that women are not taken into account in the design of public spaces. In the face of these criticisms, municipalities have tried to tolerate the negativities by increasing the ‘women-friendly’ practices. In the framework, the prepared study aims to identify the ‘women-friendly’ practices of municipalities in Turkey. In the study, the document analysis method, one of the qualitative research techniques, was used. In line with this, the ‘women-friendly’ practices of the cities in the upper, middle and lower developed levels were investigated through the annual report, based on the SEGE index, which shows the development level of the provinces in Turkey. Yalova as the city at the upper level, Afyonkarahisar as the city at middle level, and Kars as the city at the lower level were chosen as the sample and wore the subject of the research. The activity reports of the municipalities responsible for the management of urban-public services in these cities were scanned, analyzed and the findings were presented in tables.

PERLINDUNGAN PEREMPUAN PADA PENERAPAN SANKSI PIDANA HUKUM KELUARGA DALAM ADMINISTRATION OF MUSLIM LAW ACT 1966 SINGAPURA

This article discusses the protection of women based on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in the application of criminal sanctions under the Administration of Muslim Law Act 1966 (AMLA) in Singapore. The research aims to analyze to what extent criminal sanctions in Islamic family law in Singapore have met the standards of women's protection set forth by CEDAW. This study employs a literature review approach using a gender justice perspective on women's protection as defined by CEDAW. The research findings indicate that the implementation of criminal sanctions under AMLA represents a significant step in safeguarding women. The criminal sanctions applied within AMLA provide legal assurance for women who experience violations within the context of family law, such as domestic violence, unlawful marriages, or the neglect of women's rights in divorce.

Views of healthcare professionals on gender roles: A qualitative study

ProblemGender equality is one of the most important determinants of health. Discriminatory interventions, values, beliefs, and prejudices of healthcare professionals during their service affect health adversely. BackgroundThere is not adequate information about the views of healthcare professionals on gender roles. AimThis study was conducted to understand and define the views of healthcare professionals involved in the health system on gender roles. MethodsThis study was performed using the “phenomenological method,” one of the qualitative research methods. A total of 28 healthcare professionals - 10 midwives, 12 nurses, and 6 doctors - were included in the research. Individual in-depth interviews were held with the healthcare professionals included in the study. FindingsAs a result of the descriptive analysis performed after the individual interviews about the views of healthcare professionals on gender roles, 6 main themes were determined. These themes are (1) the neglect of women by society, (2) using force on women, (3) seeing women as sexual objects, (4) having a say in society, (5) glorified masculinity and femininity roles, and (6) gender equality. DiscussionIn this study, healthcare professionals expressed that women were neglected by societies since gender roles were determined by patriarchal societies. This situation adversely influences the health of individuals. Importance should be attached to equality between women and men to improve health. Healthcare professionals who support equality will improve the quality of care. ConclusionHealthcare professionals should provide equitable services without discrimination. This equitable care they provide will positively affect the health of individuals.

Disregarding the Reproductive Rights of Women in Child Marriage in Indonesia

The phenomenon of child marriage frequently disregards children's reproductive rights. This study aims to explain the negligence of reproductive rights in child marriages by examining practices, factors, and the impacts of such neglect on girls' human rights. This paper employs a qualitative descriptive approach, and the data was gathered through the use of keywords to search the term "neglect of women's reproductive rights in child marriage”. The data was analyzed by reducing, describing, and interpreting the data in depth in order to reach a conclusion. This paper demonstrates that the practice of child marriage not only places females in a disadvantageous position, but also has an impact on reproductive rights, which has negative repercussions for survival, such as miscarriage, baby blues syndrome, and death. It is also anticipated that this paper can serve as a resource for conducting research on child marriage and the neglect of girls' reproductive rights from a broader and more multidisciplinary perspective, so that it can be used as a basis for formulating firm policies on reproductive rights

The Philadelphia Syndrome, or an insurmountable cultural trauma: Outdated mainstream visual representations of HIV in times of undetectability

In 1981, the first case of AIDS was diagnosed in the US. Almost forty years later, the biomedical situation of people living with HIV (PLWH) in Western countries has significantly improved, and today, PLWH have a normal lifespan with few physical comorbidities. Nevertheless, current media representations of HIV do not seem to have moved past the AIDS epidemic of the 1990s. The film Philadelphia, directed by Jonathan Deeme in 1993, has had a huge cultural impact in how society perceives HIV, and many contemporary films and fiction series portraying HIV still represent the condition in the same narrative terms. This analysis sets out to define what could be referred to as the Philadelphia Syndrome, a concept intended to describe the outdated, nostalgic representations of HIV in mainstream cultural productions in the last decade, a period marked in biomedical terms by the success of antiretroviral drugs, chronification, the importance of undetectability, and the increasingly widespread use of the prophylaxis pre-exposition (PrEP). By analyzing ten mainstream blockbuster films and fiction series produced from 2013 to 2022, this study examines the main characteristics of the Philadelphia Syndrome: nostalgia and melodramatic use of the 1980s and 1990s, high stigmatization of gay sexualities, and a neglect of women with HIV.

A Matter of Moral Justice: Black Women Laundry Workers and the Fight for Justice

A Matter of Moral Justice: Black Women Laundry Workers and the Fight for Justice

Flamer-Caldera v Sri Lanka: Asia-Wide Implications of an Essential Evolution in CEDAW's Jurisprudence

AbstractIn 2022, the CEDAW Committee issued an Individual Communication concerning Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, a lesbian woman, human rights defender, and Executive Director of the only organization in Sri Lanka advocating for the rights of the entire lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex community. To date, the CEDAW Committee has received extensive criticisms concerning its neglect of women from diverse gender identities and sexual orientations. In this Communication, the Committee found that Sri Lanka's criminalization of consensual same-sex relations among women violates Articles 2, 5, 15, and 16 of the Convention. Importantly, the Committee makes clear that non-heterosexual relations fall within the right to marriage and family relations, enshrined in the Convention. With numerous States Parties in the region retaining criminalization, this article analyses the implications of this decision for States Parties in Asia and grapples with the question, “Is this Communication ground-breaking?” and if so, how.

Pengaruh Dukungan pada Perempuan Penderita HIV di Kota Jambi Tahun 2022

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that belongs to the lentivirus family. HIV causes some damage to the immune system and destroys it. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a collection of symptoms and infections that arise due to damage to the human immune system due to infection with the HIV virus. AIDS is defined as the most severe form of persistent illness associated with HIV infection. The neglect of women's reproductive health rights related to HIV testing is an obstacle to accessing HIV services. This situation causes women with HIV to enter into a bad condition physically and psychologically so that good resilience is needed so that these HIV-infected women can continue their lives without heavy mental stress. This study aims to in-depth look at the effect of providing support to women living with HIV in Jambi City using a qualitative research design with data collection techniques and in-depth interviews. This study involved 6 key informants with an age distribution of 31 to 47 years. The results showed that women living with HIV in Jambi City experienced physical and psychological disorders, they need to get attention and support from family, friends and companions as well as health workers.

PENGABAIAN HAK REPRODUKSI PEREMPUAN SEBAGAI PEMICU PERCERAIAN

This paper aims to prove that neglect of women's reproductive rights is a trigger for divorce. The method used in this paper is descriptive analytic by describing what data is obtained from the literature related to this study, which is then analyzed until it is found that there are four reproductive rights of women; First, the right to choose a partner. second, the right to enjoy sexual relations. third, the right to determine pregnancy. fourth, the right to nurture and care for children. These four rights must be owned proportionally by women as bearers of the reproductive mandate so that the household runs in harmony and balance.

Penyuluhan Hukum Tentang Perlindungan Hak-Hak Perempuan Di Desa Rumberu Kecamatan Inamosol Kabupaten Seram Bagian Barat

Introduction: women are always seen as second-class beings who are weak, irrational and do not have the ability to even make decisions for their own interests, resulting in the neglect of women's rights which causes low levels of education, early marriage, restrictions on activities in these sectors. and violence are problems experienced by women in the village.Purposes of Devotion: Purpose of the Reaserch: to provide an understanding regarding the protection of women's rights in the hope that there will be an understanding regarding the equality of the position of women and men as well as more opportunities for women to be involved in development in Rumberu village. Method of Devotion: Counseling is carried out using the panel discussion method which begins with a lecture from each presenter in turn, followed by a questions and answers session between the presenters and the community.Results of the Devotion: Women in Rumberu village, Inamosol District, West Seram Regency, like women in other regions in Indonesia, have had their rights violated in various ways. Women in Rumberu village experience various injustices because of their existence as women such as marginalization/marginage, subordination, stereotypes, violence and double workload. Among them, violence is the most common problem in Rumberu village. this is due to the low level of education and economy, lack of understanding of women's rights, as well as the prevailing customs and culture in Rumberu Country. Even though women are potential development capital, there needs to be an understanding of the position of women so that there is equality.

Desert Daughters, Desert Sons: Rethinking the Christian Desert Tradition by Rachel Wheeler

Reviewed by: Desert Daughters, Desert Sons: Rethinking the Christian Desert Tradition by Rachel Wheeler Kyle A. Schenkewitz (bio) Desert Daughters, Desert Sons: Rethinking the Christian Desert Tradition. By Rachel Wheeler. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2019. ix, 178 pp. $19.95. Collections of wisdom from the early desert tradition, like The Sayings of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, are perennial classics for the study of Christian spirituality; and Desert Daughters, Desert Sons will permanently shift how this body of literature [End Page 333] is read and applied to the spiritual life. Rachel Wheeler writes with a penetrating lens to see and imagine what is just beyond the pages of the recorded apophthegmata. Wheeler is attentive to both the text on the page as well as what is occluded, missing, and discounted. This inquiry is squarely focused on the neglect of women, the absence of women, the rejection of biological relationships, and the subordination of women's lives and experiences in this literature. Wheeler ably demonstrates that "men were never entirely able to get away from women, as much as they might have desired, tried to, and led us to believe they had" (3). On Wheeler's examination, the literature of the desert tradition was "full of women" for those willing to perceive them (2). Desert Daughters, Desert Sons refocuses the reader's attention to attend to the women in the Sayings who appear as background characters of many male-centered stories, as foils for men's spiritual pursuits, and as gendered others to be overcome by men's spiritual achievements. Desert Daughters, Desert Sons not only brings the lives of women in these tales to the fore, but highlights how women had much to offer, teach, and exemplify in the desert tradition. As much as this book offers a necessary corrective to a surface reading of these ascetic texts, Wheeler's aim is also reconstructive. Wheeler utilizes a hermeneutic that "consider(s) possibilities about the lives" the women depicted in the desert tradition to provide a "liberating vision . . . to reassess what is our present reality and to reimagine what might be our future" (17). One of the central themes of this book is how this re-reading of the desert tradition can foster a way of love when one considers the characters of the Sayings as real persons with biological families. Her title points readers to the fact that the ammas and abbas of the desert, indeed every individual mentioned in the literature, were also daughters and sons, as well as biological mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and even spouses. Attending to the biological ties that are often neglected and rejected in the ascetic literature provides ample evidence of the ways these ascetics fashioned new, spiritual relationships at the expense of their familial relationships. According to the opening chapter, Wheeler's explicit motivation for this book is for a current audience that seeks in the early desert communities models for encountering God in daily life. The desert stories "offer contemporary readers a portrait of a lifestyle that, because independent of the explicit vocation that eventually derived from this context, might still feel possible for spiritual seekers today" (30). This literature is still being read and inculcated in Christian lives today and with it the bias, exclusion, and negative portrayals of women. By "peering into the margins" of the text and highlighting peripheral figures, Wheeler elicits new and deeper spiritual significance for the reader. The common thread of exemplary men overshadows the women in the background who were "leading their own lives, dealing with their own ordeals and successes, which seem not to interest men" (32). Wheeler brings to the fore intriguing questions that reshape the reception of the monastic wisdom these stories attempt to communicate. For example, in a passage where Poemen interacts with a monastic brother who had a pregnant wife the husband is instructed to repent and send his wife and newborn away having given them whatever they needed. Wheeler contends that attempting to solidify his monastic goals and resituate his obligations toward his spiritual family at the expense of his physical and biological family this husband and father was in the wrong. Wheeler's reasons are based on the...

The Impact of Globalisation on Reproductive Rights

The impact of globalization on women’s reproductive health can be felt all around in relation to equity and access. Neglect of women's reproductive health, perpetuated by law, has been often talked about as a part of larger, systematic discrimination against women. While certain laws obstruct women's access to reproductive health services, laws protective of women's reproductive health are rarely or inadequately implemented. The paper begins by introducing the reader with the definition of globalization and reproductive rights and in the subsequent paragraphs seeks to evaluate the impact of globalization on women’s overall health and wellbeing, the evolution of the idea of pro-choice/pro-life perspective towards abortion, how religions play a heavy influence in framing laws, rules and regulations around women’s health issues and how these laws changed due to the impact of globalization, as governments liberalize and deregulate the economy. The prime motivators of the decision making behind women choosing their own life over that of the fetus, the most crucial of them being financial independence brought about by the era of globalization in general have been discussed, focussing more narrowly on the aspect of economic independence and the active role of media outlets. The paper also discusses the negative aspects of globalization on women’s reproductive rights as pointed out by some researchers. Case laws adjudged in the United States have also been brought forth to show how they influenced the attempts of various countries to resolve their own abortion disputes. It is concluded by the presentation of an outline conceptual framework published in the WHO Bulletin of 2001 which shows multiple direct and indirect linkages between globalization and the proximal determinants of health, identifies major gaps in our knowledge of the relative strength and the nature of linkages in different economic and geographical contexts, and how these need to be filled by further research.

Women Rights are Human Rights: A Legal Study in Indian Perspective

The statement released in the year 1993 at UN World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna confirming that “women’s right were human rights” indicate the fact that women are not treated as full human being equal to men, deserving of the same dignity, respect, and opportunity. The statement should be perceived as step forward in recognizing the rightful claims of one half of humanity, in identifying neglect of women’s rights as human rights violation and in drawing attention to the relationship between gender and human rights violations. The Supreme Court of India has interpreted a number of basic human rights of women in the light of fundamental rights guaranteed in Part III of the Constitution. These fundamental rights gone much beyond the American Bill of Rights. Judiciary in India has reiterated the Human Rights of women by filling the vacuum in municipal law by applying, wherever necessary, International instruments governing human rights. In a series of cases the Apex Judiciary has set some remarkable standard of asserting the gender equality and Human Rights of women.

MÁS ALLÁ DE LAS MÍSTICAS: EL EFECTO DEL MOVIMIENTO #METOO EN LA DANZA

This paper explores the effect of the #MeToo movement in dance and, more specifically, how the re-emergence of female cho-reography in ballet can attribute certain consequences in changes of aesthetics in the art form and the normalisation of women’s repertoire in major ballet companies to the movement. The paper takes a chronologi-cal look at the last three decades, focusing geographically in the United States and the United Kingdom in order to provide a framework that may explain the changes that have taken place in the sector in the last few years. Feminist and gender studies will provide the academic fra-mework to analyse the press and media articles that seem to have played a major role in this resurgence of female choreography and leadership in the sector. Academic studies regarding the lack of parity in the sector at the upper tier of major companies and the historical neglect of women’s contributions to the development of the art form will also be considered in the analysis of recent changes in the sector. Miranda Fricker’s theory on epistemic injustice will also provide valuable help in establishing the possible factors that may have contributed to this historical neglect and its present consequences. The analysis will be mainly qualitative through the internal and external analysis of the collected sources.

DRIVEN TO THE MAINSTREAM: WOMEN AND GIRLS IN INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

International Terrorism in recent times has assumed a striking and dangerous dimension. Terror groups have taken advantage of the sophistication and advancement in technology especially Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and loopholes in national and international cyber space to recruit and activate new and unsuspecting members of the public to perpetuate their dastardly acts. More alarming is the increasing spate of women involvement in the act of terror. Although not a Twenty-First Century phenomenon, women and girl’s involvement with terror-related activities has increased over time especially in the areas of marriage and execution of terror attacks. In response to the ugly trend, the world has gradually moved from preventive to more proactive approaches by formulating frameworks that prioritize women and girls’ involvement in peace building, conflict resolution and counterterrorism activities. This is underscored by the adoption of the U.N Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 in year 2000; and other subsequent resolutions on women, peace and security. Despite these moves, the roles of women and girls in terror prevention and counterterrorism issues have remained less explored. Interestingly, the menace has attracted a higher level of media coverage and has equally posed a greater challenge at both the domestic and international fronts. In a view to explore its causes and consequences, the study examines the phenomenon of women and girls’ involvement in terrorism. The study found-out that discriminating socio-cultural practices; neglect of women in the battle against terror and in the overall conflict resolution process; religious dogma and the zombification of women among other factors, have driven women and girls to the mainstream of international terrorism. It was posited that there is the need to mainstream women at the center of terror prevention and counterterrorism activities. Article visualizations:

Medicine is Patriarchal, But Alternative Medicine is Not the Answer

Women are over-represented within alternative medicine, both as consumers and as service providers. In this paper, I show that the appeal of alternative medicine to women relates to the neglect of women’s health needs within scientific medicine. This is concerning because alternative medicine is severely limited in its therapeutic effects; therefore, those who choose alternative therapies are liable to experience inadequate healthcare. I argue that while many patients seek greater autonomy in alternative medicine, the absence of an evidence base and plausible mechanisms of action leaves patients unable to realize meaningful autonomy. This seems morally troubling, especially given that the neglect of women’s needs within scientific medicine seems to contribute to preferences for alternative medicine. I conclude that the liberatory credentials of alternative medicine should be questioned and make recommendations to render scientific medicine better able to meet the needs of typical alternative medicine consumers.